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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER S. 1**.
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and electric light plant*, ns It now
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tern tod *iici«ea!iftilly hy R n r o p c a n
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reaaoir why they cannot bo «o operated
here, lint tte do not believe Ini* can
be done now. nnd It may l*e some year*
face In tint direction NOW.
Another Presidential Sensation.
The Washington Punt lias collated
extracts from several leading newspa
pers which convey an amazing aeries
of statements made by President
Roosevelt.
These extracts covering "what pur
port to be Interviews with the presi
dent by reliable parties declare that
the chief executive will veto nny bill
passed by congress seeking to restore
to the army the discharged negro sol
dlera of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, or
any bills attempting to "correct" their
military records: that If congress
passes such hills over his veto he will
pay no attention to such laws unless
they are affirmed to be constitutional
by the United States supreme court,
and that "even were Impeachment
proceedings Instituted he would cheer
fully awnlt their outcome."
It these statements were published
lu newspapers given to misrepresen
tation of the president, they would
carry tliol ■ own denial on their face.
Hut they are printed In Journals
which are represented In Washington
by comiietent and eonsclentIons men.
who are not given to reckless speech.
It Is tills fact which will probably
prompt the president to mnke a cor
rection of the stories which picture
him aa being ready to ignore luws
which do not meet his approval nnd
aa daring congress to hmieach him for
such violation of his oath of office.
The Post Is staunchly loyal lo the
executive, but concludes that the
■tatements, published apparently op-
on authority of the president himself,
appearing In journals of known relia
bility are of such an astounding char
acter as to call for prompt official
denial. The president cannot afford
to permit any newspaper, however
friendly, to place hint lu such a false
. position before the country.
Hope you got everything In your
flocking that yon deserved.
The Washington Herald thinks that
the mail who married successively
■lx sisters minimized the mother-in-
law peril.
THE DUTIFULNESS OF GLADNESS.
What Is this thing called Life?
And how shall we use It to the best results?
Life Is the comprehensive word of all our human speech.
It compasses the earliest throb and It contains the parting pang. It
Is the tumult into which we enter from the secret realm of Biience, un
willing and unwitting, to bear our parts of passion, praise or service to
the predestined end. It Is the school of preparation In which we frame
our purpose, fashion our resolves, sharpen our weaiions. discipline our
forces and buckle on the armour which we wear for serious war. It Is
the arena in which we fight our enemies, foil our foes, win our battles,
experience our defeats, gather our riches, reap our harvests, suffer our
sorrows, shout our alleluias, ripple our laughter and shed our blinding
tears.
And It Is the thing we leave—protesting to the lust lingering mo
ment—when In the ante-ehatuber of the hereafter, we put off the gaudy
trappings of our fierce endeavor and In the white silence of a shrovd go
softly out to meet the matchless mystery of death.
And life Is wlmt we mnke it. In Its last analysis, here und hereafter,
" TIs in ourselves that we are thua and thus." Just as we plan and
work It. Just as we weave and wear It. the garment of our days becomes
a robe of purple or a sable gown of gloom. If we plan In good cheer,
weave In good deeds, anil color It with the red blood of human kindness,
it la the garb of fellowship and helpfulness and happiness while a thread
remains. Hut If we pattern It on sneers, scant Its proportions by our
greed, wrinkle It with til-temper, patch It with little envieH and dye It
with selfish scheming, it clings to us and cratnps us In a hideous and
somber coat ol discontent.
It is not Intended that life should be selfish or be sad. It Is the
gift of the Kternal. and He meant It both for service and for Joy. The Ju
lies of life are not deciier than its delights. The responsibilities of living
are not more evident Ilian Its obligation to rejoice. We cannot fling Into
the face of the Onini|Hitent the Ingratitude or selfishness nr sadness In
the possession of His prlceles gift.
For Rod who gave It has made life beautiful and the world a palace
of delights. Kor every fleck of shadow He has written corresponding
light. He has Impressed In providence the dutifulness of Joy. He has
shot the days with sunshine and spangled the darkness with the ra
diance of Hie stars. He has made a dawn for every midnight, and re
deemed the blackness by crowning Aurora as Its queen. He has niude
Ills clouds a shield against the sweltering heat and gathered their teara
Into the beneficence of rain. He has stilled every tempest In Its limit,
silver lined His shadows and ralnbowed every storm. He has hroldered
sadness with rejoicing, sprinkled gloom with comfort, brought beauty
out of ashes, given balm for bruises, melody for mourning, and even over
new-made graves and above the murk and agony of death. He has lifted
the shining finger of eternal hope.
It Is our sweet and simple duty to be glad.
It Is as well our duty to he kind. The Master Builder has. left no
room In life's great structure for one matt alone. No man llveth unto
himself and unto himself no man shall die. Our lives are locked, our
duties Interchange. Heart to heart nnd hand to hand Is the alignment
for the weary marches ns for the dress iiarade. Providence points the
way to fellowship, and hrlpfulues Is whispered and thundered In Nature
as in Grace. The husbandman plows his furrow and from the scarred
and wounded soil comes bnck the harvest to his hand. He tickles the fat
sides of the hill with his harrows and they laugh In responsive plenty to
the touch. The little raindrops are glad to feed the rills; the rills go
singing to the rivulets; tile rivulets run laughing to the brooks; the
brooklets leap rejoicing to the rivers; the rivers roll, helpful and majes
tic, hearing their Mutely contributions to the encircling sea; and the
Infinite ocean—mingling Infinite sweetness with Infinite strength—lifts
up Its vapors to the beckoning sun which In Its kindly ministry bears
them backward In tender mists to make new rain nnd bless the harvest
home—a ceaseless circle of helpfulness anil heartiness, of beneficence
and of radiant cheer.
Ah God! How can men miss the lesson which Thy goodness teaches
In the rolling waves and In the smiling fields? Helpfulness and Cheer,
lleartfulnesH and Kindness, Fellowship and Fraternity, Happiness and
Hope—and Heaven bending blue above us all.
CHRISTMAS A 7 KIMBALL;
WHEEL OF FOR 7 UNE SPINS
FOR E VER YHOLIDA Y GUEST
Aside from a menu that would tempt
the' most fastidious and exacting efff-
ctire In the world, guests of the New
Kimball palm room Tuesday evening
will have a most delightful additional
test.
A great symmetrical cedar stands In
the center of the room, every limb
laden with gifts beautiful and useful.
During the dinner period Tuesday
evening each guest will be entitled to a
gift front the tree.
To one side, guarded by Kris Kringle,
rests a great cake in the form of a
wheel of fortune. The guests will spin
the arrow and receive from the tree
the numbered gift corresponding to
that one which the arrow point rests.
At the base of the tree pigeons from
Manager Will Zimmer's famous pigeon
loft add to the picturesqueness of the
arrangement.
When the palm room Is flooded with
light Tuesday night and the tree is
ablaze with multi-colored electrl
globes it will be a fairy-like scene. Oi
long tables on one side of the palm
room is a wonderful display' of game of
all kind and the finest of meats which
will go to make the Christmas dinner
of the New Kimball's guests.
THIS DATE- IS HISTORY".
KATIE, BAR THE DOOR;”
NO IOM AND JERRY AFTER
4 O'CLOCK CHRISTMAS EVE
IN MEMORIAM
By
Edw. S. Van Zile
At 4:10 Monday afternoon the man
with a purple olfactory organ shiver
ed, buttoned his ragged coat closer and
hurried eagerly toward the swinging
doors.
As he reached hi* destination he
pushed gently on the swinging door. It
didn't budge. $Ie shoved a little hurd-
cr. Htlll no yielding. A pained look
crept into the face and pufpled to ol
factory organ a deeper tinge.
“Whas six? 'Hmatter thiz plaz?" he
asked anxiously of a passing pedes
trian.
“Closed from 4 o'clock Monday after
noon until Wednesday morning."
"Hawfl treat po* man siz way. Guess
'll have go dry." '
Lots of that kind butted into the
locked doors Monday afternoon, but the
masses of Atlnntars approved the may-;
or's> orders closing the saloons, retail
and wholesale, until Wednesday morn
ing.
The effect was apparent. Those un
fortunate.*? who cannot resist taking
more than Is good for them had to stay
sober, and others who might have
yielded lo temptation had temptation
removed.
Christmas Day was unusually quiet
and orderly. Very few cases of drunk,
enness were seen anywhere? Commen
dation of tlte mayor's order In closing
the saloons at 4 o’clock Chrinmas eve
was heard on every side.
DECEMBER 25.
1742—David Garrick scored triumph nt Good-
innn’* Field theater III the •‘Fop's
Fortune."
177G—list tie of Trenton, X. J.
1821—Clara Barton, fatuous elrll war
nurse, Imh-ii.
1828—Patrick K. Glluiore. fatuous Immluiu*-
ter. iMirtl. I Med September 24. 1882.
18X7—Colonel Taylor <nf forward* president
of the Culled StHfesi. Ill command of
«k»0 troops, I'cjiuIs4hI large liody of In
dians near Big Water lake.
1844—Conut Isiuusdorff, Busalau atateaman,
born.
1888—President Johnson Issued universal
amnesty proclamation.
1871—Outbreak of Ku-Klux nt Mnrshull. Mo.
1898—Great Britain Inaiijriirntcd Imperial
penny |M»*tage.
PRISON SENTENCES
FORSURRENDE
1 GOSSIP
Russian Officers Are Tried
and Found Guilty by
Courtniartial-
KINDNESS NOT FORGOTTEN;
CHRISTMAS BROUGHT GIFT
TO OBLIGING ATLANTA BOY
(From Coiller'a* for December 20,
1806.)
The mldnlghtjiour la aped.
And distant*bells come faintly to
my ears:
Old Santa Hlnus Is dead!
I wish you "Merry Christmas,"
but a tear
Creeps to my smarting eyes:
For I have lost a friend of yea-
t ci year,
Whose Jovial disguise
Made midnight Joyous; as the
love of man
Shone from him like a light
That burned within his bosom—
made of bran—
And snow-clad Helds of white
Seemed weird to me because his
reindeer ran.
Rut Santa Claus Is not!
If so It be, let's raise to hint a
stone.
In name of little i
grown.
And on this pillar white.
'Neath skies as bracing
his
Let carven words Indite
The love we bore him In an epi
taph.
And round the marble base.
In fearful tnem’ry of our child
hood Joys,
We. gray-halred babes, shall place
The long-lost fragments of for
gotten toys.
And where the dipper shines
On wan, white fields of wintry
Ice and snow
Shall rise pathetic shrines—
The skates nnd knives and sleds
of long ago. V
Then from that mournful mound
That marks his grave we'll,
weeping, turn; nor pause
To heed the solemn sound
Of phantom sleigh-bells. Fare
well, Santa Claus!
Don't pick out the crimes and sordid
things now to feed your pessimism.
Many good and beautiful deeds re
corded at this season ought to raise
our optimism to top notch.
Atlanta has renewed faith iu the
genuineness of Santa Claus today.
Presldeut Roosevelt has stopped
gunning for big game in Washington
long enough to hunt the smaller kind
down on bin Virginia farm.
Where the Georgia Delegation
Live in Washington.
PLAN TO DRIVE OIL
TRUST OUT OP FIELD
When young Willie D. Cochran, of
English avenue, went to the assist
ance of an old gentleman, suffering
from illness, last August on a hot day,
he little thought that this act of kind
ness would make such u deep impres
sion.
e saw an old gentleman, hardly able
?arry his dress suit case, and his
young heart was full of sympathy. Re
membering the teachings of his mother
to be kind and thoughtful, he took the
old gentleman's luggage, and It was
upon the young lad's shoulder that
the sick inan leaned until he reached
the Terminal station.
He accepted the gentleman’s thanks,
but politely refused any compensation.
He gave his name and address, when
asked, nnd the Incident passed out of
his mind.
But Monday It was brought back to
him when ho received a package
through the mails with a Columbus,
Oa., postmark, and with that package
came h letter from D. B. Palmer, a
well-known attorney of Columbus. The
letter was from the old gentleman he
assisted, and the package wus a hand
some Christmas present from the same
man.
From Man Who Ramsmbsrad.
“Possibly you remember," the letter
read, "helping a man who was ill and
hardly able to walk. It was last Au
gust, when I was returning home after
being away for my health, and It was
upon your young shoulder that I leaned.
I appreciated your kindness, and I send
you under separate cover a remem
brance with my best wishes for your
success in life and wish you a merry
Christmas."
The Atlanta boy whose kind heart
made an old man feel thankful lives
with his father and mother, and he
assist* his father in his coal business
at Bellwood avenue and Chestnut
street.
"I have always told Willie," said Mrs.
Cochran to a Georgian reporter Tues
day morning, “to he kind and thought
ful, and that even if he was not re
warded In this world he would be in
heaven. I nm proud of him, and It
makes my heart glad to know he was
able to be assistance to this gentle
man. He Is a good boy. Is Willie.”
The lad is 17 years of age and Is
bright and gentlemanly In his ways.
He says he helped the gentleman be
cause he appeared to be HI. and that
It was no more than his duty to be a*
courteous as possible.
"Such an act ns this," concluded
Mrs. Cochran, pointing to the contents
of the package from Columbus, "great
ly encourages a young man and shows
that the little kindnesses one may do in
this world are appreciated."
SU Petersburg. Dec. 23.—The court-
martial which has been trying Rear
Admiral Nebogatoff and 78 officers of
his squadron for surrendering to the
Japanese at the battle of the 8ea of
Japan on May 28, 1905, handed in Its
decisions last night.
Vice Admiral Nebogatoff, Command
er Llchlno, of the coast defense Ironclad
General Admiral Apralne, Rear Admiral
Gregorieff. of th* coast defense ship.
Admiral Hheaveln, and Lieutenant
Smirnoff, who succeeded to the com
mand of the battleship Nicolai I, were
sentenced to death, but In view of ex
tenuating circumstance* and the long
and otherwise blameless careers of
these officers, the court will petition
the emperor to commute their sentences
to ten years’ Imprisonment in a fort
ress.
Four other officers are sentenced to
rhort terms of imprisonment In a fort-,
ress, while the remainder are acquitted
of the charges brought agaitfkt them.
*
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
‘ Ne«- York. Dec. 2».-”Do you know
If you have the automobile voice?" i,
a .question 1 sometimes hear among
those who have developed the "motor
eye." the ''motor manner" ar.d Its af
fection.
There Is somethin* In automobllln*
It Is said, which affects the voice, and
takes nil the sweetness out of It.
"The up In the head roll of the words
which many affect, almost drives me
mail." remarked n nian yesterdav "Mv
daughter began It as soon ns she 'came
not. 1 can't break tier of It. it’s H
habit now. ,My son has cultivated It
and my wife—I wish some one would
tell what's the matter."
"Why, It’s the motor voice"
•dir Henry .Moi timer Durand, Brit
ish ambassador, has written a new
novel. Its title and general character
are known as yet only to a few per
sonal friends. The ambassador already
has a novel of Kngllsh life, "Marlen
Proveryn," to his credit as an au
thor. (
Although It Is not generally known
Sir Henry .Mortimer knows Amerl -an
history as few Americans know It
possesses a aplcndh’ military know I-
edge of the campaigns of the civil
4,000 PRINTERS ON STRIKE
MUST BUY XMAS TURKEYS
Chicago, Dec. 25.—The 4,000 printers
who are still on strike in the United
Htates for an 8-hour working day will
receive today a Christmas present from
the International Typographical Union
of 520,000 The money will be divided
equally among the strikers, each re
ceiving $2.50, In addition to their reg
ular weekly strike pay.
One condition goes with the union
gift. This Is, that the money shall be
expended to purchase a Christmas tur
key for the families of the men.
The Illinois supreme court yesterday
confirmed fines and imprisonment sen
tences imposed upon Michael Flanner-
In, John M. Shea, Charles F. Woerner
and Harry Brown. They were sen
tenced for violating an Injunction is-
sued against the Franklin Unton of
Press Feeders.
PRESIDENT SENDS GIFTS
TO PUPILS OF SCHOOL
MOST BE STOPPED
Washington. Dec. 25.—The state de
partment has been advised by Mr.
Thompson, the American ambassador
to Mexico, that the president of the
Mexican republic has taken prompt
action looking to the remedying of the
damage to property In the Imperial
valley, as the result of the overflow
of the Colorado river Into the Salton
sink.
President Diaz, through the depart
ment of formento. colonization nnd In
dustry. has advised the Compunla de
Riegos y Terrcnos de’Ia Baja, of Cali
fornia. that in view of the irreparable
damage which property Is liable to suf
fer In the Imperial valley. In case the
overflow of the Colorado river con
tinues toward the Salton sea, tiie pres
ent condition must have a prompt and
efficient remedy.
For 'this purpose the chief executive
has brdered that the company should
demonstrate to the satisfaction of the
chief of the Mexican boundary and
river commission, within the peremp
tory term of ten days that the company
possesses, “has nt its immediate de
posit nnd shall Invest In the proper
way, the capital. Implements, laborers
and all such elements ns may be in
ti l*l>ensable to (within the term of three
months designated for the purpose)
control the situation of the Colorado
river, close the open gap on Its bor
ders, and deflhltely return the waters
to their old bed."
TOOK THE DIAMOND,
LEFT THE "PHONEY"
If the president cares for roast beef
he will be able to satisfy his liking to
day. There started from New York
yesterday one of the largest roasts vm.
signed to the president that has left
New York for some years.
George Grlot, a butcher, felt Impelled
to ship It because the steer was a
namesake of the president and was fa
mous among his follows.
He was a short-horned Western st*»«*r
that was so heavy his legs bowed when
he walked. H? was carefully ami ten
derly reared and when the time cumr
for his supreme act, he wus purchased
by the New York butchers’ trust, which
In turn disposed of him for $500 to Mr.
Grlot.
This seems to be a milllon-dollnr
Christinas everywhere. Twenty million
dollars spent for gifts is the most con
servative figure given out by Phila
delphia's greatest merchant*. The hol
iday sales this veer have exceeded
every * estimate. The big department
stores were simply swamped by tlw
! t ush.
A week ago Chicago merchants esti
mated that this year's holiday business
would exceed by $1,000,000 that of h
year ago, \Milch was $17,000,000. Fig
ures now Indicate that by tonight tin
aggregate noliday business of State
street will have reached $20,000. n0<-.
Gifts of money will be made to em
ployees by Crane Company, $350,000;
Charles G. Gates A- Co.. $250,000.
Twelve million dollars is a conserva
tive estimate of the amount of money
in Pittsburg and its suburbs for Christ
mas presents during the past week.
This estimate is made by merchants
and bankers. It has been by long odds
the greatest year In the history of the
city.
The supreme court of the United
States has affirmed the Judgment of the
Illinois courts in holding that the suc
cession tax of $7,000. ussessed against
the board of education of the Kentucky
conference of the Methodist Kplsoopal
church. Is valid under the Illinois stat
utes. This money was bequeathed to
the conference by Fanny Steed, of Ken
tucky, her property / being located in
Chicago.
In official circles here, it Is stated
that the quarrel between Lady Su*an
Tounlty and Ambassador Durand’s
family Was purely n drawing room af-
ialr, which originated In Ludy Susan’s
attempt to take precedence of lJuly
Durand, who ranked only as the wife
of a baronet, whereas Lady Susan was
the daughter of the seventh earl of Al
bemarle, and a member of the Keppel
family.
As Lauy Durand tanked her as the
wife of an ambassador, and conse
quently took official precedence »f Lady
Susan, the latter was piqued, und cam
paigned f.oclally against Sir Mortimers
SpOU*e. ^ _ a a * f
Washington. Dec. 25.—The govern
ment yesterday took the first step in
the direction of driving the Standard
oil Company out of t,ho southwestern
Held when it promulgated regulations,
under the terms of which the biggest
independent oil pipe line in the world
will be constructed.
Some weeks ago the nnouncement
was made that a concession had been
granted to the Mellen Company of
Pittsburg, to erect a pipe line over
reservation lands, from Bartlesville,
Indian Territory, to points in Texas,
with a view to affording an outlet
through gulf ports to the product of
the Indian Terrltory-Oklahoma field.
The Independence of operators In the
southwestern field from present and
future moho|M>lte*. the officials of the
interior deiatrtment believe is thus in
sured.
The Mellen* were the pioneers In the
fnde|>endcnt movement against the
Standard OH Company. They hav
operated with success against t lie
Standard oil Company In various see
tlons of the country. The line which
they will construct by authority of the
government, It I* estimated, will cost
$8,000,000.
Under the regulations Issued yester
day U jvlll be Impossible for the pro
poned pipe line ever to fall Into the
hand* of the Standard or any other
monopoly. The regulations were pre
pared by Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock, his prospective successor,
James R. Garfield; Indian Commission
er France* E. Leupp, and the law of
ficer* of the department. Their pro
visions are hard and fast, and arc ex-
!»ected to prove effective In the battle
uguinst the monopoly in the south
western oil fields.
8ENATOR8.
Augustus O. Bacon, 1757 Oregon
avenue.
A- 8. Clay, the Normandie.
CONGRE88MEN.
W. C. Adamson, the Oxford.
C. L. Bartlett, the Shoreham.
Thomas M. Bell, the Iroquois.
W. Q. Brantley, the Chepin.
T. W. Hariwlck. the Shorehaiu.
W. M. Howard, the Bancroft.
Gordon Lee, the Hhorehsm.
E. B. Lewis, the Metropolitan.
J. W. Overstreet, tbe Metropoli
tan.
L. V. Livingston. 1918 Biltmore
street.
^ J. M. Griggs, tbt Metropolitan.
LONG HOLIDAY FOR
LOCAL RAILROAD MEN
Christina* will be a general holiday
f»r the office men of the railroads In
the general offices. Most of them
closed at noon Monday and will remain
closed until Wednesday morning. All
the commercial office* Will remain
dosed Christmas day, only the ticket
office* will remain open on this day.
RAILROAD LET8 CONTRACT
FOR BRIDGE STEEL
tpedai to Tbe Georgian.
Bristol. Tenn., Dec. 25.—The South
western Railway Company, now con
structing a line of road from the Vir
ginia coal fields to a deep water con
nection on the Carolina coast, ha* let
the contract for nearly 8,000 ton* of
fabricated steel for use tn the con
struction of the more important
bridge* along the route.
PLAYERS' CHRISTMAS
WAS MADE MERRIER
Nearly all the membet* of the the
atrical profession visiting and living In
Atlanta were banqueted Monday night
by the Intel national Alliance Theatrical
Stage Employees und the Theatrical
Mechanics’ Association at the rooms on
Forsyth street.
it was a royal Christum* festival,
with all kinds of good things to eat nnd
plenty of Christina* ••spirits" to help
the good time along and lend color to
the tonsts and responses.
A clever program, consisting of reci
tations, song*, impromptu talks, ami
seven;! delightful little skits, added
much to the enjoyment of the
slon.
New York, Dec. 23.—President Boose- tyear Mr. Roosevelt has sent some sult-
velt never forgets the school children -**—
of the Fort Cove school at Oyster Bay,
nt Christmas time. The president's
own children received their prelimi
nary education nt this school, and each
able gift*.
He sent the principal of the school a
check for a substantial amount, and to
each pupil he sent some little gift, such
as a book. The teachers were also re
membered.
A CTRESS CLAIMS $15,000,000;
LETTERS ONLY EVIDENCE
Philadelphia, Pa.. Dec. 25.—Letters
from him, furnished by his wife, con
stitute the evidence upon which Carrie
Sxvayne, a soubrette, who toured Amer
ica and Australia almost twenty years
ago. expects to be awarded by a Jury
half the $30,000,000 which Frank Gard
ner. who was her manager, is reputed
to be worth.
She alleges that his fortune Is large,
ly the result of her work, and in the
letters to his wife it Is said that he
practically admits this. Miss Swayn*
thought for 18 years that she was
Gardner's wife. Then she found that
he had a wife living at So. 2441 North
Nineteenth street, this city.
Some clever thief, by substituting a
bogus Htone, succeeded in getting away
with a diamond ring valued at $200. in
the jewelry store of A. Holssnmn, 94
Whitehall street, dining the holiday
slumping rush .Monday afternoon.
The identity of the thief is unknown,
but the robber}' "’a* reported t<» the
police.
It is not known Just when the rob
bery occurred, but when one of the
clerks went to look over a tray of dia
mond ring* which had been displayed
to a number of prospective purchaser*
a sport time previously, the “phoney"
stone. In a brass setting, was found
among the gem*.
PARTS INSISTS THAT HYDE
IS TO WED 'AN ACTRESS
Paris. Dei*. 25.—That Pails Insists
that Jiinies H. Hyde and Mile. Yvonne
liarilck are engaged to be married Is
shown by the following Item which np-
beared In I.e t'rle De Purls and which
boulevsrdlers assert refers to Mr. Hyde
and Mile. Harriett.
"Hobby Indeed Is the beautiful mem-
her of the t'omedle Franchise, who hos
captured u rich American. She de
munded a holiday from her manager
and started for Venice with the elect
of her heui't. From Venice the actress
sent to the manager of the t'omedle
Frunratse her resignation. Her friends
soy she will return to Paris'only after
her marriage.”
REBEL IS CHOSEN
CHIEF OF ECUADOR
Guayaquil, Kcoador, Dec. Si.--Gen*
end Kloy Elfaro has been elected to be
constitutional president for four years.
in January last. Rlfaro revolted
against President Garda which canned
him to fiee from the country, and re
organize the government.
FATHER GIBBONS
SUFFERS RELAPSE
Special to The Georgian.
New Orleans, La.. Dec. 25—Rev. Wil
liam Gibbon*. 8. M.. who has again
l*»«*n removed lo Hotel Dieu, suffering
from a relapse of his recent Illness, is
sinking fast, and It Is believed that he
cannot recover.
WHIPPED OUT PISTOL
AND KILLED TWO MEN
5 peclol to The Georgian.
Macon, Qa., Dec. 25.—As the result
of n quarrel at Cochran, Go., Sunday
Qordon McDonald shot and killed Co-
ley Cheney and Herrhel Bums. Mc
Donald went to Burns' house and en
gaged In a dispute, and when Cheney
anti Burns showed a disposition to tight
McDonald whipped out a weapon and
killed both men. All the parties are
while, ami well-known In the com
munity where the tragedy occurred.
WRITES TO "WIFE,
THEN TAKES POISON
Pittsburg. Pa.. Dee. 25.—Frank i.
Russell, of Duboise. Pa., private secre
tary to John K. DuBolse, millionaire
lumberman, committed suicide at the
Hotel Henry' some time last night by-
taking poison. His body was not found
until this morning. From a letter und
many promissory notes found on his
body It Is evident that Russell had
gone wrong ’ financially. He left a
young wtfr and child.
Before killing himself Russel; wrote
a pathetic letter to his wife. In which
he said he didn't mean to be d'
but got started In wTong doing and had I
to keep It up.
This Is said to be the sum total
the Durand-Tounley difference. HiRh
officials In a position to Judge airu-
rately. sav that such a petty rivalry
could not have been responsible !"t'
Ambassdor Durand’s retirement.
"A British ambassador Is not sub
ject to recall, because Ills wife ami an
other woman In the embassy staff hav<
a social feud," said one person today
who Is In close touch with the case.
.Members of the Interstate common r
commission declare that every time a
railroad official wants to get out of ex
tending some favor or concession to a
patron the explanation is made that the
provisions of the Interstate commerce
act forbids.
A night or two ago one of the cmn-
mlssiotiers wired a railway official a-K-
Ing for a berth reset vation.
"Cr.n't reserve," came the reply. ' H •
violation of the Interstate commerce
act.” .
This aroused the commissioner,
indited another message as follows:
"Hv M'liat authority do you claim nw
It is a violation of the law to reserve
a berth?"
This was received In response:
“Ruling of commission against res
ervation." „ ... ,,,„
"Please refer me to ruling, saia .
ommlssloner .n his third message,
ini member of commission." .
The last message from tbe rallrcau
man read: ... , „
'•Berth reserved as per your requ
DECEMBER.
The cheerless sun hangs low; lb'- h*™
Blows with a bitter breath from oR um
Brown ore the southern slopes, where late
ly dinned s .
The gnuzy locust and the golden ■
Anil fondly revel In the vanished doys-
l•■|llrer tlmn when their glow-lint
was run.
Thdr many nets drift useless on the gO'C- •
Their Imuis along, the bsrrro shore si-
Ami lint the billows never-ending wsll
Bent* on the ear In dreary monotom.
Gone ore the ships which bore lo •»“>•
filer’s prime . _ ..—is
The wealth of prosperous ports; a •mo
rals on the sen's dlui verge « llttl—tj**!--.
Then fortes and lo forgot Ilk' *" me
tale.
And oil Is voeoney—sore when, moyh*’: ,.
A sen bird, harrying through the fom"*
In from the sterile pgnturea of the seo.
.a -- n..,c -thwort ins
shadow 'thwart
°./ ni . , L , nY;«' a 2JVe,p , ;?%.r ,tr .o*d“ ,, h'-i
be*dtshoneM, • 0 »' ,,,r
Olne and had TIM oil this dreariness be oTcrposi;